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Division 126 · 17 March 2025

Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill Report Stage: Amendment 171

At a glance

This division was rejected on 17 March 2025 by a margin of 252, with 65 Ayes and 317 Noes. The largest Aye bloc was Liberal Democrat with 55 votes. The largest No bloc was Labour with 312 votes. The 268 MPs who did not vote outnumbered the margin, enough to have changed the result. This motion was proposed by The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Education. This division took place during a debate on Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill.

65

Ayes

317

Noes

Rejected

Result

381

Voted

Rejected by 252 Ayes 65 / Noes 317

The motion

Proposed by The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Education

I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.

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Party breakdown

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Party Party position Ayes Noes Total
Lab Labour Voted No 0 312 391
LD Liberal Democrat Voted Aye 55 0 71
Ind Independent No party whip 0 6 14
RUK Reform UK Voted Aye 3 0 8
Green Green Party Voted Aye 3 0 4
SDLP Social Democratic & Labour Party Voted No 0 1 2
TUV Traditional Unionist Voice Voted Aye 1 0 1
Con Conservative No clear majority 0 0 117
Lab Labour (Co-op) No clear majority 0 0 11
SNP Scottish National Party No clear majority 0 0 9
SF Sinn Féin No clear majority 0 0 7
DUP Democratic Unionist Party No clear majority 0 0 5
PC Plaid Cymru No clear majority 0 0 4
YP Your Party No clear majority 0 0 1
APNI Alliance No clear majority 0 0 1
Spk Speaker No party whip 0 0 1
RB Restore Britain No clear majority 0 0 1
UUP Ulster Unionist Party No clear majority 0 0 1

"Party position" is how the majority of each party's voting members voted in this division. Parliament does not publish official whipping instructions, so this is derived from the recorded votes. "Rebels" are members who voted against their party's majority; Independent and Speaker roles have no party whip.

Constituencies coloured by how the local MP voted.

Aye
No
Did not vote

Individual votes

MP Vote
Abtisam Mohamed No
Adam Dance Aye
Adam Jogee No
Adam Thompson No
Adrian Ramsay Aye
Alan Gemmell No
Alan Strickland No
Alex Baker No
Alex Brewer Aye
Alex Davies-Jones No
Alex Mayer No
Alex McIntyre No
Alex Norris No
Alison Bennett Aye
Alison Hume No
Alison McGovern No
Alistair Strathern No
Amanda Hack No
Amanda Martin No
Andrew Cooper No
Andrew George Aye
Andrew Gwynne No
Andrew Lewin No
Andrew Pakes No
Andrew Ranger No
Andrew Western No
Andy MacNae No
Andy McDonald No
Andy Slaughter No
Angela Rayner No
Anna Dixon No
Anna McMorrin No
Anna Sabine Aye
Anna Turley No
Anneliese Dodds No
Anneliese Midgley No
Antonia Bance No
Apsana Begum No
Ashley Dalton No
Baggy Shanker No
Bambos Charalambous No
Becky Gittins No
Bell Ribeiro-Addy No
Ben Goldsborough No
Bill Esterson No
Blair McDougall No
Bobby Dean Aye Teller
Brian Leishman No
Bridget Phillipson No
Callum Anderson No
Calum Miller Aye
Carla Denyer Aye
Carolyn Harris No
Cat Eccles No
Cat Smith No
Catherine McKinnell No
Catherine West No
Charlotte Cane Aye
Charlotte Nichols No
Chris Bloore No
Chris Bryant No
Chris Coghlan Aye
Chris Curtis No
Chris Elmore No
Chris Evans No
Chris Hinchliff No
Chris Kane No
Chris Vince No
Chris Ward No
Chris Webb No
Christian Wakeford No
Christine Jardine Aye
Claire Hanna No
Claire Hazelgrove No
Claire Hughes No
Claire Young Aye
Clive Efford No
Clive Jones Aye
Clive Lewis No
Connor Naismith No
Daisy Cooper Aye
Dame Angela Eagle No
Dame Chi Onwurah No
Dame Diana Johnson No
Dame Nia Griffith No
Damien Egan No
Dan Aldridge No
Dan Carden No
Dan Jarvis No
Dan Tomlinson No
Daniel Zeichner No
Danny Beales No
Darren Jones No
Darren Paffey No
Dave Robertson No
David Baines No
David Burton-Sampson No
David Pinto-Duschinsky No
David Taylor No
David Williams No
Dawn Butler No
Debbie Abrahams No
Deirdre Costigan No
Derek Twigg No
Douglas McAllister No
Dr Al Pinkerton Aye
Dr Allison Gardner No
Dr Beccy Cooper No
Dr Danny Chambers Aye
Dr Jeevun Sandher No
Dr Lauren Sullivan No
Dr Marie Tidball No
Dr Peter Prinsley No
Dr Roz Savage Aye
Dr Rupa Huq No
Dr Simon Opher No
Dr Zubir Ahmed No
Ed Davey Aye
Edward Morello Aye
Elaine Stewart No
Emily Darlington No
Emma Foody No
Emma Hardy No
Emma Lewell No
Emma Reynolds No
Euan Stainbank No
Feryal Clark No
Fleur Anderson No
Florence Eshalomi No
Fred Thomas No
Gareth Snell No
Gen Kitchen No
Georgia Gould No
Gideon Amos Aye
Gill Furniss No
Gill German No
Gordon McKee No
Grahame Morris No
Gregor Poynton No
Gurinder Singh Josan No
Harpreet Uppal No
Heidi Alexander No
Helen Hayes No
Helen Maguire Aye
Helen Morgan Aye
Henry Tufnell No
Hilary Benn No
Ian Byrne No
Ian Lavery No
Ian Murray No
Ian Roome Aye
Ian Sollom Aye
Imran Hussain No
Irene Campbell No
Jack Abbott No
Jade Botterill No
Jake Richards No
James Asser No
James McMurdock Aye
James Murray No
Janet Daby No
Jas Athwal No
Jayne Kirkham No
Jeff Smith No
Jen Craft No
Jenny Riddell-Carpenter No
Jess Asato No
Jess Brown-Fuller Aye
Jessica Morden No
Jessica Toale No
Jim Allister Aye
Jim Dickson No
Jim McMahon No
Jo Platt No
Jo Stevens No
Jo White No
Joani Reid No
Jodie Gosling No
Joe Powell No
Johanna Baxter No
John Grady No
John McDonnell No
John Milne Aye
John Slinger No
Jon Pearce No
Jon Trickett No
Jonathan Davies No
Jonathan Hinder No
Josh Babarinde Aye
Josh Dean No
Josh Fenton-Glynn No
Josh MacAlister No
Josh Newbury No
Josh Simons No
Justin Madders No
Kanishka Narayan No
Karin Smyth No
Kate Dearden No
Kate Osamor No
Kate Osborne No
Katie White No
Katrina Murray No
Keir Mather No Teller
Kenneth Stevenson No
Kerry McCarthy No
Kevin Bonavia No
Kevin McKenna No
Kim Johnson No
Kim Leadbeater No
Kirith Entwistle No
Kirsteen Sullivan No
Kirsty McNeill No
Laura Kyrke-Smith No
Lauren Edwards No
Laurence Turner No
Lee Anderson Aye
Lee Barron No
Lee Pitcher No
Leigh Ingham No
Lewis Atkinson No
Liam Conlon No
Lilian Greenwood No
Linsey Farnsworth No
Lisa Nandy No
Lisa Smart Aye
Liz Jarvis Aye
Liz Twist No
Lizzi Collinge No
Lloyd Hatton No
Lola McEvoy No
Lorraine Beavers No
Louise Sandher-Jones No
Lucy Powell No
Luke Akehurst No
Luke Murphy No
Luke Myer No
Luke Pollard No
Luke Taylor Aye
Manuela Perteghella Aye
Margaret Mullane No
Marie Goldman Aye
Mark Ferguson No
Mark Sewards No
Markus Campbell-Savours No
Martin McCluskey No Teller
Martin Wrigley Aye
Mary Creagh No
Mary Kelly Foy No
Matt Rodda No
Matt Turmaine No
Matt Western No
Matthew Patrick No
Matthew Pennycook No
Max Wilkinson Aye
Maya Ellis No
Melanie Onn No
Melanie Ward No
Miatta Fahnbulleh No
Michael Payne No
Michael Wheeler No
Michelle Scrogham No
Mike Kane No
Mike Martin Aye
Mike Reader No
Mike Tapp No
Mohammad Yasin No
Mr Adnan Hussain No
Mr Alex Barros-Curtis No
Mr Alistair Carmichael Aye
Mr Angus MacDonald Aye
Mr Bayo Alaba No
Mr Calvin Bailey No
Mr Douglas Alexander No
Mr James Frith No
Mr Jonathan Brash No
Mr Joshua Reynolds Aye
Mr Lee Dillon Aye
Mr Paul Foster No
Mr Paul Kohler Aye
Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi No
Mrs Elsie Blundell No
Ms Abena Oppong-Asare No
Ms Diane Abbott No
Ms Julie Minns No
Ms Marie Rimmer No
Ms Polly Billington No
Munira Wilson Aye
Natasha Irons No
Naushabah Khan No
Navendu Mishra No
Neil Coyle No
Neil Duncan-Jordan No
Nesil Caliskan No
Nick Smith No
Nigel Farage Aye
Oliver Ryan No
Olivia Bailey No
Olivia Blake No
Olly Glover Aye
Pam Cox No
Pamela Nash No
Patricia Ferguson No
Patrick Hurley No
Paul Davies No
Paul Waugh No
Paula Barker No
Paulette Hamilton No
Perran Moon No
Peter Dowd No
Peter Lamb No
Phil Brickell No
Rachael Maskell No
Rachel Blake No
Rachel Hopkins No
Rebecca Long Bailey No
Richard Baker No
Richard Burgon No
Richard Foord Aye
Richard Quigley No
Rushanara Ali No
Ruth Cadbury No
Ruth Jones No
Sadik Al-Hassan No
Sally Jameson No
Samantha Dixon No
Samantha Niblett No
Sarah Coombes No
Sarah Dyke Aye
Sarah Gibson Aye
Sarah Green Aye
Sarah Jones No
Sarah Olney Aye
Sarah Owen No
Sarah Russell No
Sarah Sackman No
Sarah Smith No
Satvir Kaur No
Sean Woodcock No
Seema Malhotra No
Siân Berry Aye
Simon Lightwood No
Sir Alan Campbell No
Sir Mark Tami No
Sir Nicholas Dakin No
Sir Stephen Timms No
Sojan Joseph No
Sonia Kumar No
Steff Aquarone Aye
Stephanie Peacock No
Stephen Morgan No
Steve Darling Aye
Steve Reed No
Steve Witherden No
Steve Yemm No
Sureena Brackenridge No
Susan Murray Aye Teller
Tahir Ali No
Taiwo Owatemi No
Terry Jermy No
Tessa Munt Aye
Tim Farron Aye
Tim Roca No
Tom Collins No
Tom Hayes No
Tom Rutland No
Tony Vaughan No
Torcuil Crichton No
Torsten Bell No
Tracy Gilbert No
Tristan Osborne No
Tulip Siddiq No
Valerie Vaz No
Vicky Foxcroft No
Victoria Collins Aye
Vikki Slade Aye
Warinder Juss No
Wendy Chamberlain Aye
Will Stone No
Yuan Yang No
Zarah Sultana No
Zöe Franklin Aye
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Al Carns —
Alan Mak —
Alberto Costa —
Alex Ballinger —
Alex Burghart —
Alex Easton —
Alex Sobel —
Alice Macdonald —
Alicia Kearns —
Alison Griffiths —
Alison Taylor —
Andrew Bowie —
Andrew Griffith —
Andrew Rosindell —
Ann Davies —
Anna Gelderd —
Aphra Brandreth —
Ayoub Khan —
Barry Gardiner —
Ben Coleman —
Ben Lake —
Ben Maguire —
Ben Obese-Jecty —
Blake Stephenson —
Bob Blackman —
Bradley Thomas —
Brendan O'Hara —
Brian Mathew —
Cameron Thomas —
Carla Lockhart —
Caroline Nokes —
Caroline Voaden —
Catherine Atkinson —
Catherine Fookes —
Charlie Dewhirst —
Charlie Maynard —
Chris Hazzard —
Chris Law —
Chris McDonald —
Chris Murray —
Chris Philp —
Claire Coutinho —
Colum Eastwood —
Dáire Hughes —
Dame Caroline Dinenage —
Dame Harriett Baldwin —
Dame Karen Bradley —
Dame Meg Hillier —
Dame Siobhain McDonagh —
Damian Hinds —
Dan Norris —
Daniel Francis —
Danny Kruger —
Dave Doogan —
David Chadwick —
David Davis —
David Mundell —
David Reed —
David Simmonds —
David Smith —
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Dr Ben Spencer —
Dr Caroline Johnson —
Dr Ellie Chowns —
Dr Kieran Mullan —
Dr Luke Evans —
Dr Neil Hudson —
Dr Neil Shastri-Hurst —
Dr Rosena Allin-Khan —
Dr Sam Rushworth —
Dr Scott Arthur —
Ed Miliband —
Edward Argar —
Ellie Reeves —
Emily Thornberry —
Esther McVey —
Fabian Hamilton —
Frank McNally —
Freddie van Mierlo —
Gareth Bacon —
Gareth Davies —
Gareth Thomas —
Gavin Robinson —
George Freeman —
Gerald Jones —
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Graham Stringer —
Graham Stuart —
Greg Smith —
Gregory Stafford —
Harriet Cross —
Helen Grant —
Helen Whately —
Helena Dollimore —
Imogen Walker —
Iqbal Mohamed —
Jack Rankin —
Jacob Collier —
James Cartlidge —
James MacCleary —
James Naish —
James Wild —
Jamie Stone —
Jeremy Corbyn —
Jerome Mayhew —
Jess Phillips —
Jesse Norman —
Jim Shannon —
Joe Morris —
Joe Robertson —
John Cooper —
John Finucane —
John Glen —
John Healey —
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John Whitby —
Jonathan Reynolds —
Joy Morrissey —
Judith Cummins —
Julia Buckley —
Julia Lopez —
Juliet Campbell —
Karl Turner —
Katie Lam —
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Kit Malthouse —
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Layla Moran —
Lewis Cocking —
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Lucy Rigby —
Maria Eagle —
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Marsha De Cordova —
Martin Rhodes —
Martin Vickers —
Mary Glindon —
Matt Bishop —
Matt Vickers —
Maureen Burke —
Michael Shanks —
Michelle Welsh —
Mike Wood —
Mims Davies —
Monica Harding —
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Mr Cathal Mallaghan —
Mr Clive Betts —
Mr Connor Rand —
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Nadia Whittome —
Natalie Fleet —
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Patrick Spencer —
Paul Holmes —
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Peter Fortune —
Peter Kyle —
Peter Swallow —
Pippa Heylings —
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Priti Patel —
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Rachel Taylor —
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Richard Fuller —
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Robbie Moore —
Robert Jenrick —
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Rosie Duffield —
Rosie Wrighting —
Rupert Lowe —
Sam Carling —
Sammy Wilson —
Saqib Bhatti —
Sarah Bool —
Sarah Champion —
Sarah Edwards —
Sarah Hall —
Seamus Logan —
Shabana Mahmood —
Shaun Davies —
Shivani Raja —
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Simon Hoare —
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Sir Andrew Mitchell —
Sir Ashley Fox —
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Stephen Doughty —
Stephen Flynn —
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Steve Race —
Stuart Anderson —
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Tom Gordon —
Tom Morrison —
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Tonia Antoniazzi —
Uma Kumaran —
Victoria Atkins —
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Wera Hobhouse —
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